Ranking football clubs by the dominant eigenvector of the normalized points-won matrix.

England 1888-1897

‹ 1888-1896 1888-1898 ›

EP Pts W D L GF GA GP PR
1 Preston North End 7.011 333 145 43 82 599 356 270 2
2 Aston Villa 6.726 339 150 39 78 709 500 267 1
3 Sunderland 6.440 291 127 37 59 547 305 223 6
4 Liverpool 5.276 159 67 25 34 295 170 126 19
5 Blackburn Rovers 4.762 301 123 55 98 606 501 276 4
6 Bolton Wanderers 4.753 277 120 37 108 518 481 265 8
7 Everton 4.742 310 137 36 89 629 454 262 3
8 Bury 4.662 111 48 15 32 178 137 95 26
9 Sheffield United 4.514 172 71 30 55 266 254 156 15
10 Sheffield Wednesday 4.155 197 82 33 74 336 322 189 12
11 Notts County 4.018 283 123 37 108 604 499 268 7
12 Nottingham Forest 3.898 172 67 38 74 304 314 179 16
13 Wolverhampton Wanderers 3.882 296 127 42 113 542 517 282 5
14 Derby County 3.622 257 106 45 111 523 576 262 9
15 Birmingham City 3.343 164 73 18 58 367 300 149 18
16 Burnley 3.098 226 92 42 124 457 529 258 11
17 West Bromwich Albion 2.996 247 102 43 128 487 559 273 10
18 Stoke City 2.431 197 83 31 127 410 515 241 13
19 Manchester United 2.135 148 61 26 72 298 317 159 21
20 Darwen 1.929 165 72 21 87 373 422 180 17
21 Accrington 1.801 117 41 35 60 252 340 136 25
22 Newcastle United 1.636 138 63 12 50 280 241 125 22
23 Grimsby Town 1.520 181 85 11 55 353 252 151 14
24 Leicester City 1.204 103 43 17 34 191 162 94 27
25 Manchester City 0.967 148 64 20 56 295 271 140 20
26 Burton Wanderers 0.857 100 43 14 38 171 152 95 29
27 Arsenal 0.802 124 53 18 53 257 247 124 23
28 Gainsborough Trinity 0.682 31 12 7 11 50 47 30 36
29 Blackpool 0.678 33 14 5 15 64 65 34 35
30 Burton United 0.543 124 53 18 71 266 325 142 24
31 Walsall 0.530 84 37 10 66 196 310 113 30
32 Lincoln City 0.517 101 43 15 85 238 366 143 28
33 Bootle 0.501 21 9 3 15 52 79 27 39
34 Loughborough 0.461 48 21 6 34 91 132 61 34
35 Burslem Port Vale 0.445 81 33 15 62 178 276 110 31
36 Middlesbrough Iron 0.378 27 11 5 21 48 98 37 38
37 Northwich Victoria 0.322 31 13 5 34 75 161 52 37
38 Rotherham Town 0.319 56 24 8 56 133 250 88 33
39 Crewe Alexandra 0.274 59 20 19 77 148 361 116 32
40 Derby Midland 0.260 2 1 0 1 4 2 2 45
41 Chatham Town 0.195 10 3 4 2 16 31 9 40
42 Sunderland Albion 0.161 8 3 2 4 15 16 9 42
43 Barnsley 0.147 2 1 0 1 2 5 2 48
44 Linfield Athletic 0.130 1 0 1 0 2 2 1 50
45 Middlesbrough 0.102 6 3 0 4 13 16 7 43
46 Birmingham St George 0.094 9 4 1 4 16 24 9 41
47 Notts Rangers 0.053 1 0 1 1 1 4 2 51
48 Chester City 0.013 2 1 0 2 1 9 3 49
49 Halliwell 0.010 3 1 1 3 11 21 5 44
50 Birmingham St George's 0.005 2 1 0 1 3 4 2 46
51 Swifts 0 2 1 0 1 4 7 2 47
51 Witton 0 0 0 0 1 2 3 1 52
51 Kettering Town 0 0 0 0 1 1 2 1 53
51 Newcastle East End 0 0 0 0 1 1 2 1 54
51 Newcastle West End 0 0 0 0 1 1 2 1 55
51 Derby Junction 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 56
51 Stockport County 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 57
51 Long Eaton Rangers 0 0 0 0 2 3 5 2 58
51 Marlow 0 0 0 0 1 1 3 1 59
51 Wrexham 0 0 0 0 1 1 3 1 60
51 93rd Highland Regiment 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 1 61
51 Old Brightonians 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 1 62
51 Old Carthusians 0 0 0 0 2 3 6 2 63
51 Southport 0 0 0 0 1 0 3 1 64
51 South Shore 0 0 0 0 3 4 8 3 65
51 Southampton 0 0 0 0 2 3 7 2 66
51 Heanor Town 0 0 0 0 2 1 5 2 67
51 Sheffield Heeley 0 0 0 0 1 1 5 1 68
51 Shankhouse 0 0 0 0 1 0 4 1 69
51 Old Westminsters 0 0 0 0 3 5 10 3 70
51 Millwall 0 0 0 0 2 2 7 2 71
51 Crusaders 0 0 0 0 2 1 6 2 72
51 Stockton 0 0 0 0 1 0 5 1 73
51 Tottenham Hotspur 0 0 0 0 1 0 5 1 74
51 Luton Town 0 0 0 0 3 1 7 3 75
51 Lisburn Distillery 0 0 0 0 1 2 10 1 76
51 Chesterfield 0 0 0 0 2 0 8 2 77
51 Fairfield 0 0 0 0 1 1 11 1 78
51 Kidderminster Harriers 0 0 0 0 2 1 16 2 79
51 Clapton 0 0 0 0 2 1 17 2 80
51 Reading 0 0 0 0 1 0 18 1 81
51 Casuals 0 0 0 0 4 1 23 4 82

EigenPoints, Points, Wins, Draws, Losses, GoalsFor, GoalsAgainst, GamesPlayed, PointsRank.

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Includes league matches from the top 4 tiers of English football, the FA Cup (proper rounds), the League Cup, and the Community Shield. Matches decided on penalties are treated as ties.